- and 12 @ - @ pounder ##s to a few british 18 @ - @ pounder ##s and french 26 @ - @ pounder ##s , dotted the front and rear walls . general lee , when he had seen its unfinished state , had recommended abandoning the fort , calling it a " slaughter pen " . president ru ##tled ##ge refused , and specifically ordered colonel mo ##ult ##rie to " obey [ lee ] in everything , except in leaving fort sullivan " . mo ##ult ##rie ' s delaying tactics so angered lee that he decided on june 27 that he would replace mo ##ult ##rie ; the battle began the next day before he could do so . lee did make plans
- and 12 @ - @ pounders to a few british 18 @ - @ pounders and french 26 @ - @ pounders, dotted the front and rear walls. general lee, when he had seen its unfinished state, had recommended abandoning the fort, calling it a " slaughter pen ". president rutledge refused, and specifically ordered colonel moultrie to " obey [ lee ] in everything, except in leaving fort sullivan ". moultrie's delaying tactics so angered lee that he decided on june 27 that he would replace moultrie ; the battle began the next day before he could do so. lee did make plans